Exam 12: Agency Records Content Analysis and Secondary Data

In which type of study are highly aggregated summary data from published statistical series not typically used?

Content analysis is really a(n) _____________________ operation that represents the measurement process.

Topics that lend themselves to the use of content analysis tend to focus upon the links between communication and:

Secondary analysis encompasses which of the following sources of criminal justice data?

Which of the following is not an example of the use of secondary analysis?

Coding in content analysis involves the logic of conceptualization and:

Which of the following is an example of content analysis in criminal justice research?

It is possible to move from individual to _____________________ units of analysis but not the reverse.

When a researcher uses the term "silo databases" she is referring to:

You are analyzing data that has been collected in annual waves for the past twenty years. Which of the following might be problematic in this type of analysis?

In the text, an example was given concerning the difficulty in trying to measure how much crime happened to victims who were not residents of South Florida. Since police only routinely kept records on where victims stayed locally (such as hotel addresses), researchers could have an additional question added to the incident recording form asking for the victim's permanent address. All of the following would be benefits of that except:

The visible, objective context of a communication is known as:

Which of the following is an example of agency records that would be appropriate as a source of data for research?

Social artifacts such as written documents or articles from newspapers would be best understood using which of the following?

Which of the following would not be an appropriate target of content analysis?

When using agency records as a data source the researcher must always keep changes in operational definitions and _____________________ in mind because of their potential impact upon validity and reliability.

Which of the following is not an example of nonpublic agency records?

Which of the following is not an example of nonpublic agency records?

Since criminal justice record-keeping is a social process reflecting the decisions made by criminal justice personnel, a researcher must be careful of the impact this may have on the validity and reliability of the data.

Dr. Quinn is interested in studying the amount of overtime worked by police officers. He gains access to agency personnel files. This is an illustration of which type of data?